Creative Writing DeMYSTiFied, 1st Edition

Preface: Clearing the Fog, Savoring the Mystery; Introduction: About Creative Writing; Chapter 1. On What Beginning Feels Like; Chapter 2. What is Creative Writing; Part One. Building Your Creative Writing Muscle; Chapter 3. What are the Elements of Good Creative Writing; Chapter 4. Receiving and Using First Reader Response to Work-in-Progress; Chapter 5. Exercises to Build Your "Good Writing" Muscles; Part Two: Poetry; Chapter 6. What is Poetry; Chapter 7. Why Do People Write Poetry; Chapter 8. The Three Main Subgenres of Poetry: Lyric, Narrative, and Prose; Chapter 9. A Few More Contemporary Poetry Subgenres: Language, Performance, Cowboy Poetry; Chapter 10. Practice for Writing Poetry; Part Three. Creative Nonfiction; Chapter 11. What is Creative Nonfiction; Chapter 12. Why Do People Write Creative Nonfiction; Chapter 13. Creative Nonfiction Subgenres; Chapter 14. Practice for Writing Creative Nonfiction; Part Four: Fiction; Chapter 15. What is Fiction; Chapter 16. Why do People Write Fiction; Chapter 17. Literary Versus Genre Fiction - What Do the Labels Mean; Chapter 18. Fiction Subgenres; Chapter 19. Practice for Writing Fiction; Epilogue: A Juncture! More Travel Ahead!; Contributors' Notes; About the Author